Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
One of the greatest cultural and social revolutions in XXth century Europe took place in a tiny village on the Spanish seaside. In the 50's, a batch of American Marines build a huge military base,on farming land bringing dollars, marlboro, cadillacs, night clubs and rock n´roll music into post-civil war Spain, an empoverished contry ruled by a fascit dictator. Welcome to Rota, "The South European Las Vegas".
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A film by Vanesa Benítez (2019)
One of the greatest cultural and social revolutions in XXth century Europe took place in a tiny village on the Spanish seaside. In the 50's, a batch of American Marines build a huge military base,on farming land bringing dollars, marlboro, cadillacs, night clubs and rock n´roll music into post-civil war Spain, an empoverished contry ruled by a fascit dictator. Welcome to Rota, "The South European Las Vegas".
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A film by Vanesa Benítez (2019)










